Berkley Breathed ending "Opus" comic strip
Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Berkley Breathed is ending his popular Sunday comic Opus, which often swings from weird and whimsical to bitingly satirical.
He says he's "destroying the village in order to save it."
Breathed tells the L.A. Times: "30 years of cartooning to end. I’m destroying the village to save it. Opus would inevitably become a ranting mouthpiece in the coming wicked days, and I respect the other parts of him too much to see that happen. The Michael Moore part of me would kill the part of him that was important to his fans.”
Breathed seems at once eaten alive by cynicism and playfully hopeful.
“With the crisis in Wall Street and Washington, I’m suspending my comic strip to assist the nation," he told the L.A. Times. "The best way I can help is to leave politics permanently and write funny stories for America’s kids. I call on John McCain to join me.”
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Being put to sleep at an animal shelter is a sad way for any creature to end. I have greatly admired your comic strip and will miss it dearly. Good luck on your future ventures, I only wish that opus could have continued to enlighten the world with his wit and wisdom. This is truly a devastating way to end the existence of a personality loved by so many. Best wishes Gary C.
Posted on November 3, 2008 12:21 PM